Traffic Engineering and Operations Office

Statewide ITS Architecture

In 2005, FDOT embarked on the statewide effort of updating Florida's Statewide ITS Architecture (SITSA),
which charts the current and future course of ITS deployment. A system-level document and database,
the SITSA, governs the planning, design, development, integration, implementation, maintenance and
operation of Florida's ITS projects. SITSA provides an integrated framework to ensure that various
transportation technologies can work together smoothly and effectively on Florida's highways

The rapid pace of ITS deployment in Florida makes it essential that
transportation stakeholders examine the statewide framework to determine where
ITS is headed and what objectives it must meet in the future. Another reason
for updating the SITSA is the requirement that statewide architectures conform
to the current national ITS architecture, which has been revised several times
since 2001. The updated SITSA also integrates ITS planning and deployment
with operations, maintenance and security subsystems. SITSA harmonizes the
various existing regional ITS architectures in the state.